Why MotoGP has to go to Japan

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Why MotoGP has to go to Japan - autosport.com

A number of top MotoGP riders, including Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo say they won't compete at the Japanese Grand Prix over fears of radiation levels at Motegi. But, as Toby Moody explains, the sport owes Japan far too much to simply back away now.

There are many times when a journalist gets the 'do you know how to ride a bike?' line from a MotoGP rider during a paddock-based argument.

I had it from Mick Doohan in the heat of a raging blow-out about the merits of the Sachsenring back in 1998. So mad was the legendary Aussie that I thought he was going to hit me. At least I can say that I'm part of a small and exclusive club of those that have been 'Mick'd'.